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Challenging new frontiers

Top once again!

What an experience!

Oxford@Sunway

A love story made in Sunway

MAGAZINE / VOL 01 ISSUE 01 / June

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Advisor :

Elizabeth Lee

Editorial Team :

Jerrine Koay(Editor)

Jacqueline Muriel Lim(Sub-Editor & Writer)

Laveenia Theertha Pathy(Writer)

Publisher :

Sunway Education Group

Concept + Design :

Yoong & Ng Consulting

Printer:

Ocean Transer (M) Sdn Bhd

The Sunway Education Group institutions and services:

Sunway College Kuching

Tel: (6082) 232 780/236 666

[email protected]

www.sunwaycollegekuching.edu.my

Sunway-TES

Tel: 603-7491 [email protected]

www.sunway.edu.my

Sunway College

Tel: 603-7491 8622/7776

[email protected]

sunway.edu.my/college

Sunway College Johor Bahru

Tel: 607-359 6880

[email protected]

www.sunway.edu.my/jb

Sunway College Ipoh

Tel: 605-545 4398

[email protected]

www.sunway.edu.my/ipoh

Sunway University

Tel: 603-7491 8622

[email protected]

sunway.edu.my/university

Monash University SunwayCampus Malaysia

Tel: 603-5514 6000

[email protected]

www.monash.edu.my

Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine

Monash University Sunway

Campus Malaysia

Tel: 603-5514 6000

[email protected]

www.monash.edu.my

Sunway International Business &

Management

Tel: 603-5880 7356/60

[email protected]

www.sunway.edu.my/sibm

Features

8 What an experience!

Happenings

13 Sunway students light the torch o patriotism

14 Oxord @ Sunway

Sports

15 First ever Taekwondo Annual Dinner

Alumni

16 A love story made in Sunway

Cover Story

Challenging new rontiers 3

Social Responsibility

A time together 15

Hallmarks

Sunway College FIA graduates are proud achievers 6A night to celebrate 7

Victoria University graduation in Malaysia gleams with achievers 10

Top once again! 11

Sunway College A-levels garnered 16 CIE Awards 12

CONTENTS

is published our times a year. The name was selected by popular

choice by the students themselves to represent a progressive Sunway

College, an institution owned and governed by the Jerey Cheah

Foundation. Since its inception in 1986, Sunway College has always

been a leading private institution o higher learning, and it is orever

escalating into the next level o excellence. or UPP stands or

“Uniquely Purposeul Programmes”.

Should you have comments, kindly contact:

The Public Relations DepartmentSunway Education Group

Tel: 603-7491 8622

[email protected]

www.sunway.edu.my/college

Disclaimer:

The views and opinions expressed or

implied in are those o the authors or

contributors and do not necessarily relect

those o Sunway Education Group.

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Challenging

new rontiersHaving incubated Sunway

University College to Sunway

University in its 25 years o

existence, Sunway College

continues to make great

strides ahead with its own

great plans to expand and

challenge new rontiers.

Along with it, according to

Elizabeth Lee, Executive

Director, Sunway Education

Group, is the possibility o

setting up its own campuses

in other parts o the world.brings you the story …

Cover Story

Sunway College may not have continued to exist when it was irst accorded University

College status by the Ministry o Higher Education in 2004, and later, a ull university early

this year.

Between 2004 and 2010, when it was still a university college, it had started oering its own

undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, while running various pre-university and

proessional programmes. It maintained its twinning arrangement with Victoria University

and continued to run the American Degree Transer Programme, to enable students tospend the preparatory years in their undergraduate programmes locally and inishing their

degree overseas.

But ater Sunway became a ull university in January this year, the need to continue operating

Sunway College became a necessity.

“Hence,” as Sunway Education Group’s Executive Director, Elizabeth Lee put it, “Sunway

College’s existence is to meet a dierent set o expectations. While the University is able

to stand on its own to oer its own Foundation, Diploma and Degree (Postgraduate and

Undergraduate) UK university-validated programmes, and indulge itsel in research and

curriculum development, Sunway College provides a wide range o proessional quali ications

and internationally recognised pre-university programmes in collaboration with reputable

international bodies such as ICAEW and ACCA. Sunway College will continue to oer Australian twinning programmes to

students who preer to complete their degrees in Malaysia.”

While the degree oered by Sunway University will be validated by a Top 10 UK university, Lancaster University, Sunway

College graduates will graduate with a testamur rom the oreign institution. “Both are pathways to a good career in the

corporate world,” said Lee. “In the process, students have more options to choose rom. What’s more important is that they

must know their career objectives.”

“Sunway College’s

existence is to meet

a different set of

expectations.”

- Elizabeth Lee

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Our Story

Sunway College started in 1986, when its ounder, Tan Sri

Dato’ Seri Dr Jerey Cheah, AO decided that education will

always be very close to the heart o Malaysian parents. The

College started operating rom a building in Petaling Jaya

State New Town.

Within a short span o time, Sunway College became a popular

household name or quality private higher education. It had a

number o twinning programmes with reputable universities

rom Australia and the United Kingdom. It was also the

incubator to a Malaysian campus o Monash University rom

1998 beore Monash’s new campus was set up within the

same township.

In 2009, Sunway University College became one o very

ew private higher education institutions in Malaysia to be

rated ‘Excellent’ in the rst ever quality rating

system in Malaysia – the ‘SETARA’ by the Malaysian

Qualications Agency (MQA). With its excellent

rating, quality delivery o teaching and learning,

and signicant contribution towards developing the

nation’s workorce, Sunway University College was

given the ull-fedged university status and became

Sunway University in January 2011. It is today a

well-respected name in private higher education in

Southeast Asia, drawing students rom Indonesia,

China, Vietnam, as well as the Middle-Eastern

continent.

Quarter o a century old now, Sunway College has

indeed made great strides in the higher education scene in

Malaysia.

What particularly makes Sunway College attractive to

employers, said Lee, is that its students have received

numerous accolades that continue to make the College

management and sta proud o their achievements.

One o its students, Gan Fang Wen emerged Top in the

World or Mathematics AS-Level. Fang has been accepted

to pursue her studies in Medicine at Cambridge University.

Two o its students, Kwong Sze Hui and Vivian Teh Qian Yuen

topped the rest o the world in the December 2010 ICAEW

ACA qualication examination and jointly took First Place.

Tay Jun Yin, who is currently employed with Deloitte scored

nine High Distinctions and eight Distinctions in the twinning

programme with Victoria University. Besides being a high

achiever, Tay is also actively involved in extra-curricular

activities. This bagged him the coveted CIMB Bank ECA

Achiever’s Award 2010. The ormer President o the SunwayCPA Australia Student Charter in 2010 also represented

Sunway in Taekwondo and won the MAPCU Taekwondo

championship in 2008. The list goes on.

On the ront cover o this edition o , A-Levels student, Lee

Kin Wai is currently studying at Cambridge University. Lee

scored the Highest Mark (joint) in the World or Mathematics

at AS Level and the Second Highest Mark (joint) in the World

or General Paper in the Cambridge Fellowship Awards

2010.

Pre-university Studies

At the pre-university studies level, Sunway College oers

grade 12 or matriculation programme options rom the UK,

Australia and Canada. These pre-university programmes

include:

• AUSMAT (Australian Matriculation)

• Cambridge GCE Advance Levels (A-Level)

• CIMP (Canadian International Matriculation Programme)

• MUFY (Monash University Foundation Year)

• Sunway FIA (Foundation in Arts)

According to Cheng Mien Wee, Director, Pre-University

Studies, the range o pre-university programmes has been

careully designed to suit the dierent learning preerences

o students, and to prepare them to enter their university o

choice.

“Depending on their career objectives and perormance at

school, our counsellors will be able to guide the students to

choose the right pathway,” she said. “This is why we always

encourage students to meet the counsellors beore choosing

a suitable programme.”

With some talented students, a proessional qualiication

is more suitable. “We would ask them to consider eitherCertiied Accounting Technician (CAT) or Certiicate in

Finance, Accounting and Business (CFAB) instead o going

through the pre-university programme route,” she added.

“These programmes are conducted by Sunway College

through its subsidiary, Sunway-TES.”

“Depending on their career

objectives and performance

at school, our counsellors

will be able to guide the students to choose the

right pathway.”

- Cheng

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Professional Accounting Programmes:

The award-winning Sunway-TES oers programmes

o study leading to the globally recognised ACCA

(Association o Chartered Certiied Accountant) and CAT

(Certiied Accounting Technician) proessional accounting

qualiications, as well as the Certiicate in Finance,

Accounting and Business (CFAB) and the ACA qualiication

o the ICAEW (Institute o Chartered Accountants in England

and Wales).

Its Executive Director, Teo Ee Sing said since Sunway-TESstarted in 1994, it has produced 96 world prize winners

since 1996. A total o 2309 students have graduated with

dierent proessional qualiications. “Many o them have

climbed up the corporate ladder,” he said. “We are proud o

their achievements. Learning does not end at convocations.

Our alumni know that in order to keep abreast with the latest

development in their proession, they have to continue to

develop new skills.”

Elizabeth Lee, who has been with Sunway College

since 1992, said although Sunway now has its own

university oering “home-grown” programmes validated

by Lancaster, a number o students still preer to pursue

twinning undergraduate and MBA programmes with oreignuniversities. “For that reason, Sunway College will continue

to develop in this direction.

Twinning & MBA programmes

Being one o the pioneers o the twinning and credit transer

programmes, Sunway College has oered many Malaysian

and international students the opportunity o obtaining well

recognised qualiications o oreign universities rom the

UK, Australia and the USA through studying at Sunway in

Malaysia.

Lee stressed: “Our long history o partnership with Victoria

University (VU) in Melbourne, Australia dates back to as ar

as 1994, where a strong academic partnership continuestoday, enabling us to oer the VU Bachelor o Business

and MBA twinning programmes. These have become

popular options that are well recognised

by employers and industry.”

Sunway College also oers a range o

well-established English language

proiciency programmes

that have been speciically

designed to equip students

with English language

and communication skills

necessary or academic

success as well asemployment and career

development.

Throughout its history,

the College has provided

holistic education and

nurtured students to

be critical thinkers and

socially responsible

citizens.

Expansion

Although its main campus is located at Bandar Sunway,

Sunway College has a number o branches in other cities

such as Johor Bahru, Ipoh and Kuching. There is no reason

why the College cannot now replicate its success in other

third world countries.

“Although we have not ventured

aggressively overseas, whenever

the opportunities are there,

we will deinitely explore andreplicate our success in these

countries,” she said. “Success

is a journey, not a destination.”

said Elizabeth Lee.

Revolving funds

Sunway College and Sunway

University are part o the Sunway

Education Group and are wholly

owned and governed by the

Jerey Cheah Foundation. The

Foundation, which was launched

in March 2010 operates upon

the philosophy o its Founder, Tan Sri Jerey Cheah, who is

passionate about giving back

to the community via education.

Sunway College channels

its surpluses in the orm o

scholarships and inancial

support to deserving students.

A total o RM 66 million in

scholarships has been disbursed

to-date by the Foundation and its predecessor, Sunway

Education Trust Fund which was set up in 1997.

The Jerey Cheah Foundation champions the spirit o giving

back to society and believes that education transormslives. Every student and sta at Sunway College is able to

contribute in the same way by virtue o the simple act that

we are a part o the Sunway community.

“Learning does

not end at the

convocation. Our

alumni know

that in order to keep abreast with the latest

development in

their profession, they

have to continue to

develop new skills.”

- Teo Ee Sing

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The golden hearts

Sun wa y College

FI A gradua tes are proud achie vers

Gerald Tan Lye Sern was one o the top students who scored an average mark o 90% and received a ull

scholarship to continue his undergraduate studies at Sunway University under the Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr Jerey

Cheah Continuing Scholarship.

Tan Wei Chun, Goh Zi Dong and Khoo Jun Hao were the other high scorers in the same category as Gerald.

More than 70% o the students received the Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr Jerey Cheah Continuing Scholarship to

pursue their undergraduate studies. 25 students who had average marks o 80% to 84.9% received the 75%

tuition ee waiver scholarship award.

FIA also recognised and appreciated students who were active in co-curricular activities. Seven students were

awarded Certiicate o Appreciation or their contributions to co-curricular activities.

stephendaddy1: The home-grown FIA programme is a preparatory course or Sunway’s undergraduate

programmes developed in collaboration with Sunway’s partner, Lancaster University in the United Kingdom.

Over 60% o the 119 FIA graduates will continue to pursue the BSc (Hons) Psychology and various business

degree programmes at Sunway University.

Hallmarks

Giving o one’s time and money to these young people

can bring satisaction when you see their progress…

The recent Foundation in Arts

(FIA) pre-university programme

produced 119 graduates.

The highes t achie vers wi th ( from le f t to righ t ) Cheng Mien Wee, Pro fessor Rober t Bignall, Ms Elizabe th Lee, Mrs Ruma Lopes, and Ms Vani tha.

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Sun wa y’s Pre-U

ni versi t y s tuden ts commemora ted t heir s

uccess and accomplis hmen ts in

t he Aus tralian Ma tricula tion ( A

USM A T ), and Monas h Uni ver

si t y Founda tion Year ( MUF Y )

on Marc h 16.

Yeo h Zi Yi, w ho was t he h

ig hes t ac hie ver in AUSM A

T,

was a warded t he Special

Cer ti fica te o f Dis tinc tion f

or

Ma t hema tics. He ranked in t he top 0

.5% o f candida tes in

t he Wes tern Aus tralian Cer ti fica te

o f Educa tion ( W ACE )

world wide.

“ AUSM A T in Sun wa y is reall

y li vel y compared to t he

Mala ysian Secondar y Educa t

ion s ys tem,” he said.

“ We are taug h t to speak up

and t his bene fi ts t he

s tuden ts in man y areas.”

Mean w hile, Ng Jia Wei was t he hig

hes t ac hie ver

in MUF Y, w hile Nic holas Ling Jern W he y emerge

d

top in t he FI A programme.

Vid h ya Sa t h yamoor t h y, Valedic

torian a t t he MUF Y

Gradua tion Nig h t, said t ha

t for t he s tuden ts,

learning is no t con fined to

classrooms. “MUF Y

programme ga ve us a c hance to un w

ind and

take a break from our dail y rou

tines t hroug h

e x tra-curricular e ven ts,” s

he said. “ We ha ve

learn t a number o f skills as par t o f our pe

rsonal

de velopmen t.”

Sun wa y Educa tion Group’s

E xecu ti ve Direc tor, Eli zabe t h

Lee, said t ha t s he was im

pressed wi t h t he success

o f

Sun wa y Pre-U s tuden ts. “ T h

e mos t gra ti f ying momen t o f

our teac hing pro fession is

w hen we wi tness a group o

f

young people comple ting t heir a

cademic year a f ter all t he

hard work and perse veran

ce t he y pu t in,” s he said.

An i g h t

to celebra te

Hallmarks

M U F Y’s Ng J ia We i rece i v ing

h is a ward from E l i za be t h Lee,

E xecu t i ve D irec tor o f S

un wa y

Educa t ion Group

Y eoh Z i Y i ( holding his aw ar d at the center ), Ruma Lopes, Dir ector of Pr ogr amme,

AUSM AT ( r ight ) and V anitha, Deputy Dir ector of AUSM AT ( lef t ).

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Homestay has always enchanted

tourists for many years. From April 15

to 17, Sunway College students had

the opportunity to participate in a homestay

programme at Air Manis Homestay in Sabak

Bernam.

The journey o this not-to-be-missed experience started

with a plan to stage a traditional wedding ceremony.

But, events took its turn and Sajid got himsel a ‘new

bride’ ater meeting a young lady rom University o

Malaya.

Sajid, our international student rom Aghanistan was

supposed to have taken a ellow student rom Thailand

as his wie. The entire mock-up o a Malay wedding

was the climax o the homestay, where 30 o our

international students, accompanied by three sta rom

the International Student Oice, lived with the local host

amilies to experience and appreciate the traditional

aspects o village liestyle.

The host amilies were generally riendly and had

provided good hospitality, with both host and

participants showing great mutual respect and positive

attitudes towards each other. The activities organised

included batik crating, canoeing, gamelan perormance,

traditional dance perormance, playing traditional

games (congkak , hitting the bee hives, sandal ighting,

kite lying and learning to weave ketupat.)

Participants ound the homestay programme at Air

Manis was both beneicial and meaningul. “We would

like to recommend the programme to other internationalstudents,” remarked Sajid.

WHATan experience!

Features

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A ir Man is, here we come!

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Hallmarks

At Victoria University’sgraduation ceremony

in Bandar Sunway,

Amy Kok Sok Jen emerged

the top student, with an

overall o 83% marks and

23 High Distinctions and

Distinctions in total, out o

24 subjects.

Let to right, Jimmy Goh, Liew Jun Keen, Proessor Peter Dawkins, Chancellor George Pappas, Puan Sri Susan

Cheah, Amy Kok and Ng Chin Peng

Besides being a recipient o The Star Education Fund scholarship, Kok, who is currently

employed by KPMG in Singapore, was also a recipient o the Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr Jerey

Cheah Scholastic Award in 2010.

Another achiever, Tay Jun Yin, President o the Sunway CPA Australia Student Charter in

2010 was the CIMB Bank ECA Achiever’s Award 2010 recipient or his active involvement

in Extra-Curricular Activities. He also represented Sunway in Taekwondo and won the

MAPCU Taekwondo championship in 2008. Tay scored nine High Distinctions and eight

Distinctions. He is currently employed with

Deloitte.

There were many exemplary students at the Graduation

Ceremony. Amongst them, Joyce Wong Su Ting who was thePresident o the Sunway Student Council 2010 was also a

CIMB Bank ECA Achiever Award recipient.

Ng Mun Foong who was the President o VU Business Club

in 2009 is currently employed with Bloomberg.

Ng Chin Peng, another Star Education Fund scholar, is employed

by Maybank Investment Bank. Jimmy Goh Tzun-Foo, a Sin Chew Daily

Education Fund recipient is with OSK Investment Bank and Liew Jun Keen,

an NST MAPCU scholar is with Sunway City.

These scholarships or awards were jointly unded by the Jerey Cheah

Foundation and Victoria University.

The Graduation Ceremony also saw Betty Lai, Director o Human

Resources cum Facilities o Sunway Education Group, among the proud

graduates receiving her Victoria University MBA scroll oered at Sunway

rom Chancellor, George Pappas.

Congratulations!

grad uation

VICTORIAUNIVERSITY

in Malaysia gleams with achievers

A l l r o u n d

s t u d e n t a n d

T a e k w o n d

o c h a m p

i o n,

T a y J u n Y

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Hallmarks

once again

When two Sunway-

TES students,

Kwong SzeHui and Vivian Teh Qian

Yuen topped the world

in the December 2010

ICAEW ACA qualication

examination and jointly

took on First Place, they

were simply thrilled.

“I did not expect to be the top

scorer in the Financial Accounting

paper since ICAEW examination

is tough and all the candidatesare very good,” said Teh.

“However, like most students, I

did my best.”

Like Teh, Kwong attributed her success to the high level o commitment shown by

Ruzlena Ahmad, a Financial Accounting lecturer, who has been using mind mapping

to help her students understand a whole chapter. “She has helped us see a clearersyllabus linkage,” said Kwong.

“I chose ICAEW ACA because it is a prestigious accountancy qualiication that does

not only provide a solid oundation in accountancy, business and inance, but also

helps to enhance my analytical skills,” Teh said.

Kwong concurred: “Yes, the ICAEW provides a wide perspective o the business world,

ranging rom accounting to audit, tax, law, business strategy, all o which are useul in

the work environment.”

An Li Fong, 23, another Sunway-TES student, who bagged the First prize in Audit and

Assurance in the June 2010 examination (eatured in blaze March edition), and both

Kwong and Teh attended the annual ACA Prize Giving Ceremony in London in May

this year, courtesy o BDO, ICAEW and Sunway-TES, who jointly sponsored their airtickets and accommodation.

Executive Director o Sunway-TES, Teo Ee Sing said Sunway-TES has always been in

the oreront producing world-class accountants. “We will continue with our tradition as

an institution o educational excellence and strive to produce award winning graduates,

who will help to raise the accounting standards in this country,” he said.F r om l e f t : K w ong Sz e Hui , T e o E e Si ng ( E x e cut i v e D i r e ct or , Sunw ay -T E S ) and T e h Q i an Y ue n.

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Hallmarks

G

an Fang Wen and

Iulia Gherman

were two o Sunway College’s most

outstanding students.

Fang Wen was Top in the World or

Mathematics AS-Level. She also bagged the

second placing in Malaysia or Best acrossFour Cambridge International AS-Levels

and secured third place in Malaysia or

Best across Three Cambridge International

A-Levels.

She has been accepted to pursue her studies

in Medicine at Cambridge University.

Iulia Gherman, who hails rom Romania,

emerged Top in the World or Mathematics

AS-Level and was awarded second placing

in Malaysia or the Best Across Five

Cambridge International AS-Levels as well as

third placing in Malaysia or the Best Across

Four Cambridge International A-Levels. She

will be heading to Imperial College, London

to pursue her undergraduate studies in

Biochemistry.

They were among the ten Sunway A-level

students who were the world’s top when they

won a total o 16 Outstanding Cambridge

Learner Awards rom the Cambridge

International Examinations (CIE) recently.

This is the largest haul o awards in one

ceremony or the programme.

Other Sunway students who emerged Top

in the World or Mathematics AS-Levels

were Ang Hui Inn, Darren Soh Ningyuan,Muhammad Siddiq Foong bin Mohammad

Faiz Foong and Nur Dzairah Binti

Kamaruddin. Nur Dzairah was awarded

second placing in Malaysia or Best across

Three Cambridge International AS-Level.

Jacqueline Liu Xing Yi was top in the world

or Psychology at AS-Level, whereas

Charmaine Leong Sook Yee topped the

world or Mathematics and topped Malaysia

or Biology at A-Level.

Her coursemates, Lee Kin Wai was top in the

world Mathematics while Leong Yean Long

topped the world in Further Mathematics

at the A-Levels. Lee Kin Wai is currently at

Cambridge University.

In addition to the impressive string o CIE

awards garnered, 25% o Sunway’s A-level

students scored straight A’s and 100% o

students successully completed the A-level

programme, relecting the high quality o the

A-Levels programme in Sunway.

Sunway College-Levels garnered

16 CIE Awards

“The A-level

programme is

distinct rom other

p r e - u n i v e r s i t y

programmes as

it involved more

reading, more

studying and a more

attentive attituderom students who

choose to pursue

this pathway. A lot

is covered in one

classroom sitting and

i your attendance is

weak, you will need

to double the eort

in order to catch up.”

– Gan Fang Wen

From let: Dr Wong Yoke Chen, Ang Hui Inn, Iulia Gherman, Gan Fang Wen, Leong Yean Long and Darren Soh Ningyuan

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Atotal o 125 students rom the Australian

Matriculation Programme and Monash University

Foundation Year o Sunway College recently visited

the Tunku Abdul Rahman Memorial in Kuala Lumpur.

The trip, organized by the Language and Compulsory Subjects

Centre (LCSC) o Sunway College, was held to enable students to

learn more about the role played by the late Tunku Abdul Rahman and

his eort o bringing independence to this country. The students were

also required to carry out a research project as part o the Malaysian

studies project on the country’s irst prime minister, in an eort to

instill national patriotism and historical values in the hearts o the

students.

They learnt about the Tunku’s contribution to the nation, his challenges

in orging unity in order to achieve independence, his early lie, vision

and mission, integration o communities in Malaya, and the saddest

moment in history – the May 13, 1969 racial riots.

The trip turned out to be exciting, educational and inormative.

LCSC students with their lecturers in ront o the Tunku Abdul Rahman Memorial

the torch o patriotism

Sunway

Lee Aun Nee, a LCSC lecturer, with her

students at the Memorial.

Mr. Santhana Raja, lecturer o LCSC with

his students at the Memorial.

l i g h t l i g h t students

Monarch Abdul Rahman

Hisamuddin Alam Shah

Putra

Ismail Nasiruddin Shah

Born 8 February 1903

Alor Star, Kedah, British Malaya

Died 6 December 1990 (aged 87)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Political party United Malays National Organisation

-Alliance Party/National Front

Spouse(s) Meriam Chong (1933–1935)

Violet Coulson (1935–1946)

Shariah Rodziah Syed Alwi Barakbah (1939–1990

Occupation Lawyer

Religion Islam

Happenings


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Alarge audience turned up at

an Inormation Session with

Oxord University which washeld at Sunway College recently.

Dr Anne Mullen, the tutor or

Admissions in Humanities and

Social Science subjects, led the

team o tutors to Sunway College

to educate the students and the

public on the programmes available

at Oxord. Also present were Dr

Martin Speight, tutor in Biology and

Dr John Murphy, tutor in Material

Science.

Dr Speight managed to draw the

attention o many pre-university students

who listened intensely to his inormationsession on biological sciences, as well

as other lie sciences such as medicine,

biomedical sciences, biochemistry,

experimental psychology, human

sciences, and geography.

He also demonstrated the dierent

interviewing techniques used by Oxord

to test the responses o potential

students.

Dr Murphy, a tutor in Material Science

as well as Physical Science, brieed the

students on the two disciplines o studyand highlighted the latest developments

in research in these two areas.

Sunway College students and their

parents, particularly rom the A-Levels

and Australian Matriculation programme,

as well as the general public ound this

inormation session valuable.

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Students and par ents listening intently to Dr SpeightDr Anne Mullen inter acting w ith Sunw ay students and the public.

Happenings

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Social Responsibility

Sports

A time together

Band-Aid, a group consisting o A-Level students

at Sunway College, recently visited GOLD at 3C

Complex in Bandar Sunway.

During the visit, they managed to socialise and had un

with the students. They also organised activities or the

students that allowed them to experience a sense o

individual achievement and helped to urther build their

sel-esteem.

Although the project was

done as part o a Moral

Studies assignment, it

turned out the GOLD

project had a huge

impact on the participants

themselves: the sheer

determination shown

by members o GOLD

in trying out new skills

despite their autism was

simply inspiring!

This project has provided the Band-Aid members with an opportunity to get involved in the

community through meaningu l work. It has also allowed the members to develop skills which

will be invaluable in their uture endeavours, such as those o organisation, communication,

planning, and leadership.

(Report was provided by project leader, Sam Poon Shi Sum)

First ever

Taekwondo

Annual Dinner A

total o 110 Tae Kwon Do Club members

rom Sunway College and Sunway

University, Monash University, APIIT/ UCTI, Taylors University and SEGi College

attended Tae Kwon Do Night organized by

Sunway Tae Kwon Do Club.

The event, themed, ‘The Golden Globe’ saw

many perormances by talented students,

which included Malaysia’s Top Female

Beatboxer, Kim Sng; recent Champion o

Popping Battle D’Vol Soul Session 2011,

Luke a.k.a. Groundwalker; Sunway’s very

own talented dancers, the Soakes Crew

rom Ravelution;

a unique tricking

perormance by Kuntaw Fatakie, and a band thatperormed a duet.

A number o awards were given away, which included

the ‘Event o The Year’ award, which went to Monash

University, and the ‘High Achievers’ award which was

bagged by APIIT/UCTI.

Roger Ng o Sunway and Naza o APIIT/UCTI were

both awarded ‘Best President’ or year 2009 and 2010,

respectively. Among the generous sponsors or the event

were the Kuala Lumpur Tae Kwon Do Club (KLTC), Red

Bull, and LH Engineering and Machinery Sdn. Bhd.

Band-Aid

Our motto:

“To cure the eelings o

others by helping themphysically and mentally”.

Project leader:

Sam Poon Shi Sum

Team members:

Aaron Tan Wai Kit, CherylLee Chiu Ping, ChristabellePeter, Esminda Parmar,Fong Zheng, Lee Kin Mun,Lim Yong Wei, Ng Su Ping,Romeo Lew Ken Jean,Sonia Lee Yi Jie, Tan KerLoon, Tan Juan, ThasbanSingh Bhatt

Lee Hao Seng (let) ACCA student andPresident o Sunway’s Tae Kwon Do Clubreceiving a “People’s Choice Award” romJalaluddin bin HJ Zakaria, President o TaeKwon Do Kuala Lumpur

Special perormances by the students

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W hen Ca l v in Tang and

Grace C heng were f irs

t in troduced b y t he ir m

u tua l

fr iends, l i t t le d id t he y e x

pec t t ha t i t wou ld be t h

e per fec t s tar t to a fa ir y

ta le

s tor y.

Re turn ing to t he ir a lm

a ma ter for t he ir pre- w

edd ing v ideo s hoo t rec

en t l y,

t he young and lo ve l y co

up le sa id t ha t, a f ter t he

ir SPM, t he y enro l led s

tra ig h t

in to Sun wa y Co l lege’s

pre-un i vers i t y programm

es. T he y had jus t turne

d 18,

comp le ted sc hoo l and hard l y kne w

w ha t t he fu ture had in s

tore for t hem.

Toda y, Ca l v in, 2 7, is a C

os t ing Eng ineer w i t h Ke

ppe l S h ip yard, w h i le Grace is

a Ke y Accoun t Manage

r for Ke l logg As ia Mar ke

t ing Inc.

Reca l l ing h is e xper ienc

e s tud y ing a t Sun wa y

Co l lege, Ca l v in sa id t he

Canad ian In terna t iona l

Ma tr icu la t ion Program

me

( CIMP ) was indeed a ve

r y enr ic h ing year for h is

persona l de ve lopmen t.

“I t opened a w ho le ne w

d imens ion to m y l i fe! ”

he

qu ipped.

Ha v ing come from a tra

d i t iona l C h inese fam i l y, C

a l v in kne w on l y one t h in

g in l i fe w h ic h was h is p

r ior i t y – to pa y a t ten t ion

to h is educa t ion and gra

des. A f ter comp le t ing h

is CIMP, h is percep t ion

c hanged for t he be t ter.

Bes ides e xce l l ing in

h is s tud ies, Ca l v in man

aged to de ve lop h is so f

t s k i l ls, w h i le in t he CIMP

, w h ic h he no w f inds ve

r y

use fu l in t he co

urse o f h is wor k.

Grace, a lso 2 7, des

cr i bes

her e xper ience do ing

t he Monas h Un i vers i t y

Founda t ion Year ( M UF Y

)

programme a t Sun wa y

Co l lege as a memora b

le

one. “M UF Y is an e xce l le

n t

pa t h wa y to Monas h

Un i vers i t y, ” s he op ined.

“Because o f i ts program

me

s truc ture, I was a b le to e x

ce l

academ ica l l y and i t

mos t

de f in i te l y has con tr i bu te

d to

w here I am in m y l i fe toda y. ”

Loo k ing bac k to her seco

ndar y

sc hoo l educa t ion, w here

e ver y t h ing was e xam ina t ion

based, Grace a t tr i bu te

s t he

de ve lopmen t o f her so f t

and ora l

presen ta t ion s k i l ls to t he

M UF Y

programme. “I t was e xc

e l len t for

m y se l f-de ve lopmen t, ”

s he sa id.

T he coup le, w i l l be c

e le bra t ing

t he ir b ig da y in Ju l y t h is

year.

Congra tu la t ions!

Alumni

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